Acts 28:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:9 : 9 So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
  • Matt 6:31-34 : 31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed? 32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition. 34 Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.
  • Matt 10:8-9 : 8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give. 9 Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets; 10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.
  • Matt 15:5-6 : 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • 2 Cor 8:2-6 : 2 How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others. 3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts, 4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints: 5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God. 6 So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.
  • 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you. 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them. 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver. 8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work: 9 As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever. 10 And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.
  • Phil 4:11-12 : 11 But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself. 12 It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.
  • 1 Tim 5:3-4 : 3 Give honour to widows who are truly widows. 4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching. 18 For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

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  • Acts 28:11-15
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    11And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.

    12And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

    13And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

    14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

    15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

  • Acts 21:5-7
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    5And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

    6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

    7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

  • Acts 28:9
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    9And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.

  • Acts 28:7
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    7Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

  • Acts 27:1-8
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    1And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

    2And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

    3And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

    4And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.

    5And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

    6And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.

    7And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

    8And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    26But we will be sent on to a certain island.

    27But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

  • Acts 28:1-2
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    1And when we were safe, we made the discovery that the island was named Melita.

    2And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

  • Acts 21:1-3
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    1And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

    2And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

  • Acts 27:15-19
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    15And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.

    16And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:

    17And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

    18And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

    19And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

  • Acts 21:15-17
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    15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

    16And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.

    17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

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    19And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

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    5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

  • Acts 27:38
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    38And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

  • Acts 20:14-15
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    14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

    15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

  • Acts 14:26
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    26And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

  • Acts 16:11
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    11So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

  • Acts 27:30
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    30Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

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    30Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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    3In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

    5And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • Acts 27:40
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    40So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

  • Acts 27:12
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    12And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

  • Acts 18:27
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    27And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace: